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Thailand: Thai authorities endanger asylum seekers' safety (web ...
20 June 2007

Over 160 Lao Hmong people were returned to their home country from Thailand on Saturday 9 June. They had sought asylum in Thailand, a number had only recently arrived ...

Report       ASA 39/008/2007

Thailand: Further information on fear of forcible return/arbitrary ...
11 June 2007

The group of 48 were forcibly returned to Laos in the early hours of 9 June, together with another 115 Lao Hmong asylum-seekers. Their whereabouts in Laos are not ...

Urgent Action       ASA 39/007/2007

Thailand: Fear of forcible return/arbitrary arrest
8 June 2007

The Thai authorities are reportedly preparing to forcibly return a group of 48 Lao Hmong asylum-seekers, including at least 30 children, in breach of international ...

Urgent Action       ASA 39/006/2007

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Thao Moua and Pa Fue Khang ...
1 June 2007

Thao Moua (pictured right) and Pa Fue Khang (left), both ethnic Hmong Lao nationals, are serving prison sentences of 12 and 15 years respectively following an apparently ...

Report       ASA 26/008/2007

Laos: Further information on forcible return / arbitrary detention ...
28 March 2007

On 8 March the Lao authorities publicly claimed to have "found" 21 girls and young women who have been missing since December 2005, but have not revealed their ...

Urgent Action       ASA 26/006/2007

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Hiding in the jungle - Hmong ...
23 March 2007

Thousands of ethnic Hmong women, men and children live in scattered groups in the Lao jungles, hiding from the authorities, particularly the military. Amnesty ...

Report       ASA 26/003/2007

Laos: Destitute jungle-dwellers living on run from military
23 March 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: ASA 26/004/2007 (Public). News Service No: 050. 23 March 2007. Embargo Date: 23 March 2007 00:01GMT. ...

Press Release       ASA 26/004/2007

The missing children of Laos | Amnesty International
22 March 2007

The Lao government claims to have "found" 21 girls and young women who have been missing since December 2005 when they were deported from Thailand.

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Laos: The Missing Children of Laos (Web feature)
22 March 2007

The Lao government claims to have "found" 21 girls and young women who have been missing since December 2005 when they were deported from Thailand. But the young ...

Report       ASA 26/005/2007